Seven individuals have been killed and no less than 20 others have been injured when a tractor, which they have been travelling in, overturned and plunged right into a canal in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district on Monday afternoon, the police mentioned.
The incident passed off at Vatticherukur village, when a gaggle of round 40 individuals have been travelling from Kondepadu village of Prathipadu block to Jupudi village of Chebrolu block in a tractor to attend a household operate, Guntur (city) superintendent of police (SP) Ok Arif Hafeez advised reporters.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the tractor, which was apparently travelling at a excessive velocity, misplaced management, overturned on the bund of the irrigation canal and plunged into the water.
“Whereas three individuals died on the spot, 4 others succumbed whereas being shifted to the Guntur common hospital. One other 20 individuals sustained accidents, a few of them being severe,” the SP mentioned.
The deceased have been recognized as: Mikkli Nagamma, Mamidi Jhansi Rani, Katta Nirmala, Garikapudi Mariamma, Garikapudi Ratnakumari, Garikapudi Suhasini and Salomi.
On receiving the data, senior police officers, district collector M Venugopal Reddy and different native officers visited the spot and supervised the aid operations. State irrigation minister Ambati Rambabu additionally known as on the injured on the Guntur hospital and directed the authorities to supply the very best remedy to them.
“The Guntur police registered a case and are investigating,” the SP mentioned.